
1 
This Order, which may be cited as the Medicines (Products Other ThanVeterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1991, amends theMedicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only)Order 1983 (hereinafter referred to as“the principal Order”) and shall come into force on 1st May 1991.
2 
In article 3(1)(a) of the principal Order (medicinal products onprescription only), after the words“subject to article 4(1)” the words“and (1A)” are deleted and there are inserted the words“, (1A), (1B), (1C) and (1D),”.
3 
In article 4 of the principal Order (medicinal products that are notprescription only), the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph(1C):—“
(1D) Notwithstanding Article 3(1)(a), a medicinal product shall notbe a prescription only medicine by reason that it consists of orcontains the substance Hyoscine Butylbromide where—
(a) its route of administration is internal otherwise than by inhaler;
(b) it is sold or supplied in a container or package containing notmore than 240 mg; and
(c) its container or package is labelled to show a maximum daily doseof 80 mg and a maximum dose of 20 mg.”.
4 
In Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which listssubstances which render a medicinal product a prescription only medicineexcept in circumstances also listed)—
(a) the following substances are inserted at the appropriate points inthe alphabetical order of the substances listed in Column 1, and in thecase of Vaccines at the appropriate points in the list ofvaccines,—
 Amlodipine Besylate
 Anistreplase
 Cefuroxime Axetil
 Domperidone Maleate
 Enoxacin
 Flutamide
 Isradipine
 Levobunolol Hydrochloride
 Loxapine Succinate
 Metoprolol Succinate
 Metoprolol Fumarate
 Milrinone Lactate
 Nedocromil Sodium
 Octreotide
 Pamidronate Disodium
 Pentamidine Isethionate
 Perindopril
 Propofol
 Quinapril
 Teicoplanin
 Temocillin Sodium
 Terodiline Hydrochloride
 Tribavirin
 Vaccines – Hepatitis B Vaccine
 Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine
 Rubella, Mumps, Measles Vaccine
 Vigabatrin
 Zopiclone
 Zuclopenthixol Decanoate;
(b) the entry“Labetolol Hydrochloride” is substituted by the entry“Labetalol Hydrochloride”; and
(c) the entry“Hyoscine Butylbromide” is amended by the deletion in Column 3 (Use, pharmaceutical form orroute of administration) of the words“(b) otherwise than by inhaler”, and in Column 4 (Maximum dose and maximum daily dose) of the words“(b) 3 mg (MD) 9 mg (MDD) (b)”.
5 
In Part III of Schedule 1 to the principal Order (medicinalproducts, specified by name and product licence number, which areprescription only medicines), the entry“
 Nicorette
 0458/0020
 0458/0021”is substituted by the entry“
 Nicorette Plus
 0458/0021”.
6 
In Table A of Part IV of Schedule 1 to the principal Order(medicinal products specified by name and product licence number whichare not prescription only medicines), immediately after the entry“Wasp-Eze Hydrocortisone Cream 0232/0058” the following entry shall be inserted“
 Wasp-Eze Hydrocortisone Cream
 8452/0012”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State,
Department of Health
8th April 1991David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
5th April 1991Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
Allan Stewart
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office
8th April 1991In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 8th April 1991.
Trumpington
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and SocialServices for Northern Ireland this eighth day of April 1991.
F. A. Elliott
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this fifth day of April 1991.
W. J. Hodges
Permanent Secretary
